Report: Heckert cancels interview with Jets

The disclosure of Rex Ryan’s wife-in-Sanchez-jersey-while-Tebowing tattoo could be having its intended effect, even if the effect wasn’t specifically intended.

According to Newsday, former Browns and Eagles G.M. Tom Heckert has canceled his interview for the vacant G.M. job in New York.

Bob Glauber of Newsday notes via Twitter that Heckert was concerned about the team’s cap situation, and not about having to work with Ryan. There’s a chance Heckert, who could be a candidate to join the Chiefs, is merely taking the high road.

Regardless, the wide net that the Jets have cast with the assistance of NFL headhunter Jed Hughes (who if he’s being paid by the hour has no incentive to keep the field narrow) may need to get a little wider.

I think we can all agree that Woody Johnson know nothing about the inner workings of a football team, other than writing a check of course.
A GMs effectiveness is the amount of wins he produces with the personnel HE CHOOSES AND the man he chooses to coach they personnel.
I would think that ANY highly sought after GM would not want to be stuck with a Head Coach not to his liking. Woody, requiring the New GM to keep Rex as a condition of his employment is ludicrous.

Hmmmmm, no QBs on the roster, no WRs if they had a QB, a buffoon as a coach who can’t keep his mouth shut, an owner whose only concern is making sure he doesn’t pay a penny in taxes on all the money he inherited, and a fanbase that seems determined to take the title “worse fans in the NFL” from Philly – who WOULDN’T want that job?

Even though the new GM essentially gets a free year, since the clock doesn’t start until he hires his own coach (see the Bears), I am sure this guy doesn’t want to be part of the circus that is Rex Ryan.

I believe the OP. This is the Jets cap situation in brief. Currently they are at $140MM in obligations when the Cap is at $121MM. Although the do have some cuts they can make to quickly get under the cap. The real problem is they have 7 guys with undtradeable and uncutable contracts that take up 67% of their cap. (Holmes, Cromartie, Revis, Harris, Sanchez, Fergeson, and Mangold)

That would leave the new GM just $41MM to sign the other 46 players to the 53 man roster. That means its likely you can’t resign any of your own FA’s like Keller and Landry, and more that half you roster is going to be made up of minimum wage rookies or vets. …and oh btw- Mark Sanchez is going to be your QB. Not a good way to start yor career as the Jets GM.

This is why it is probably a GOOD thing to be happy to keep Rex on the job. Let him take the hit for the debacle that likely next year. Tjen the year after you’ll have 2 drafts in the top 10 and a better cap situation to recruit a top HC candidate

As a whole we may have never seen a more self celebratory team that had accomplished absolutely nothing over the last 4 seasons. Guarantees of Super Bowls. Professions that EVERYONE wants to be a JET. Rex Ryan deceiving people into believing that he was the defensive coordinator for the Ravens when they won the Super Bowl. WHY would ANY general manager worth his salt want to get involved in this 3 ring circus? This organization gets everything it deserves because it asked for it.

Wow, I knew their cap situation was bad, but this is beyond reason how grave it is. Maybe the next GM will understand its about TEAM building not Star grabbing. Even if all the guys they’ve guaranteed that money to where all-pros they would still have trouble fielding a good team with such little left over for the rest of the starters and needed depth. As a fan of a certain little team from the greater Boston area, I’m not crying for the Jets but I do think its more fun when they’re good because it adds to the rivalry.

I wonder if Tim Tebow has a tattoo of his wife in a Mark Sanchez jersey tebowing or Mark Sanchez has a tattoo of his wife in a Rex Ryan Jersey tebowing and on the other side a Tim Tebow Jesey tebowing.

Tell you what…After finding out about this…I wonder if the head coach is sleeping with Mark Sanchez wife in the locker room…Because it sure does take Rex Ryan a really long time to get to the field for a interview with the crews on the field…Unless he is filling his mouth with cream filled long johns or filling his mouth with cream filled hohos or dingdongs.